darthfergie Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 Imagine: a starfield ablaze with dogfighting. One of the combatant forces is the United Federation of Planets, fighting with Galaxy- and Intrepid-class starships. Thier opponent? The Galactic Empire lead by Darth Vader, which strikes back with a complement of TIE fighters, TIE Bombers, and Imperial Star Destroyers. This battle (and others-say a kligon Bird of Prey against a few Rebel Y-Wings) can now be fought on your very own PC, thanks to Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Apoc Entertainment's dynamite new mod for Activision's Star Trek Armada. The Idea may have been a no brainer, but the mod itself is an impressive achievment. Its sheer comprehensivness will leave you stunned. Practically every combatant ship from Star Trek and Star Wars universes, including a plethora of ships that have never been heard of. For Star Trek, the mod offers dozens of ships just between the Federation and Kligons. INaddition there's a Romulan Warbird, Jem'Hadar vessels, Cardassian destroyers, and, of course, Borg Cubes and spheres. The free-floating structures include sensor stations, heavy weapons platforms, and even Deep Space Nine. For Star Wars, you get an awesome range of ships from both the Rebels and the Galactic Empire. The Rebels can deploy X-Wings, B-Wings, Corellian frigates, Calamari Cruisers, and more. The Empire has the full range of TIE fighters and Dreadnaughts, as well as various levels of Star Destroyers and even the Super Star Destroyers. (only oversight for Imperials is a lack of the Death Star) The resulting battles are sublime pieces of modmaking. If you want an infernalallaince, set up the Empire and the Borg to join forces against the Rebels and Federation. Or perhaps Vader will ink a deal with the Romulans, pitting them both against your brave Klingons. It is up to you. What is truely inspiring is to fight the dizzing effects of the conflicts themselves. There is nothing quite like watching a Squadron of TIE Bombers make an attack run on the Enterprise. COnversly it's a heap of fun to re-create Luke Skywalker's Star Wars finale...The X-Wing raid against a mechanical BORG CUBE!!! Star Trek Armada sold decently, and hooked a large numer of players who still enjoy its space-based tactical combat. Kudos to Apoc Entertainment for giving these gamers a superb new way to extend the fun- and for givingnewbies a brilliant reason to pick up the game for the first time. Download it at http://www.apocent.com -article taken from the newest issue of PC Gamer:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 15, 2001 Author Share Posted November 15, 2001 Here are some in-game screenshots of it... Star Destroyer is under attack IMperial Assault Jaw Dropping graphics!!! Star Destroyer Battle!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon_Leon Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 Thank goodness. Now we can settle the endless SW - ST debate as it should be done: in battle. It looks awesome. Any word on what the respective manufacturers' comments are ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 15, 2001 Author Share Posted November 15, 2001 Well since the mod is out now...I think they must have bought some rights or got permission to do this...It looks like they got the pics of the SW stuff from XWA or X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter... BUT IT LOOKS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! And I don't have to download it. It came with my PC Gamer CD!!! I havn't installed it...yet:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kioet Csuhen Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 *cough*rebellion 2*cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 have u heard abt the game homeworld cataclysm this looks a lot like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 16, 2001 Author Share Posted November 16, 2001 Maybe...but I like the armada engine better...it is easier to navagate and you actually feel like it is a real RTS... because it has I like the strategy, shipyards, upgrading, and unit control, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBOy Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 This stinks. I don't wanna go out and buy Armada. but now i have to because the Star Wars mod looks awesome and i want to play it badly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 16, 2001 Author Share Posted November 16, 2001 *lol* It is a good game...and the SW mod makes an AWESOME compliment for it...and it was so awesome PC Gamer featured it as one of their big stories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xwing guy Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 So I gotta have ST Armada installed on my computer to play this mod? (guess I better go install Armada then huh?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 16, 2001 Author Share Posted November 16, 2001 Yousa Miten be sayin that:D BTW, IT IS AWESOME GUYS!!! A MUST HAVE!!! IT IS WHAT SW SHOULD HAVE MADE YEARS AGO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBOy Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 IT IS WHAT SW SHOULD HAVE MADE YEARS AGO!!! You mean LucasArts;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 16, 2001 Author Share Posted November 16, 2001 Sure...but it should have been made for the SW Universe YEARS ago...go to the website I provided and read about it...it is awesome also look at the screens they have there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 what does mod mean?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon_Leon Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 A modification. Mod-pack, as it's called sometimes. This looks like one of the better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellDragon Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 I have the mod and it ROCKS, you can even build SUPER STAR DESTROYERS that take up the whole sreeen. The Star Trek part is what Armada should have been, and with Star Wars added it is awesome. You can practically send one super star destroyer alone and destroy the entire enemy base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted November 25, 2001 Author Share Posted November 25, 2001 WOW!!! Tell more...I have only played a skirmish game...GB came in about the time I downloaded this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redwing Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 WHOA. That looks...awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefo Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 Woah.. Good thing I have Armada.. Speaking of which: Is Armada II any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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